Study site description: Yan River Basin, China

Table of Contents

1. Responsible partner
2. General information
3. Bio-physical description
4. Socio-economic description
   1. Population density and structure
   2. Level and sources of income main stakeholder groups
   3. Impacts of land degradation on the livelihood of people
   4. Major challenges of existing land resource management
   5. Major drivers of main land degradation processes
5. Institutional and political setting
6. Relevant end-users / stakeholder groups

Impacts of land degradation on the livelihood of people

Land degradation leads to lower and unstable yields and lower incomes. The people that have the least high quality cropland are most affected by the land degradation.